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* Make your presentation offline by downloading all your resources | * Make your presentation offline by downloading all your resources | ||
** Using local links to your content | ** Using local links to your content | ||
| − | * | + | * Don't count on the network working - regardless of the venue! |
** Live demo bugs (after all its not a live demo without them) | ** Live demo bugs (after all its not a live demo without them) | ||
| − | * | + | * Ensure that you have the appropriate presentation adapters for your laptop |
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== Day Before == | == Day Before == | ||
| − | * Familiarize yourself with the projector | + | * Familiarize yourself with the projector/screen |
** If you can't find your device on the inputs, ask for help | ** If you can't find your device on the inputs, ask for help | ||
* See if the connection to your device works | * See if the connection to your device works | ||
* Do a dry run | * Do a dry run | ||
| + | * Charge your batteries | ||
== Presenting == | == Presenting == | ||
=== Pre === | === Pre === | ||
| − | * Lay down the video cable | + | * Lay down the video cable you're using |
* Appropriately place the podium if you require it | * Appropriately place the podium if you require it | ||
| − | * Open your presentation | + | * Open your presentation and test the video |
| + | * Ensure that you have adequate battery charge and/or you're properly plugged in | ||
| + | * Make sure you have a "Plan B" and a "Plan C" - e.g., a backup laptop, paper notes from which to speak, or a whiteboard version of your presentation | ||
=== During === | === During === | ||
| − | * Speak clearly | + | * Speak clearly and loudly |
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* Do Not Put Your Hands In Your Pockets | * Do Not Put Your Hands In Your Pockets | ||
| − | ** Grip the podium, animate your examples, | + | ** Grip the podium, animate your examples, put your hands behind your back |
* Face the audience, you should know what is on your slides | * Face the audience, you should know what is on your slides | ||
| + | ** Use "presenter mode" or mirroring on your laptop | ||
* Engage the audience | * Engage the audience | ||
** Questions, eye contact, and anecdotes help with this | ** Questions, eye contact, and anecdotes help with this | ||
* Open the floor for questions or criticisms if appropriate | * Open the floor for questions or criticisms if appropriate | ||
| + | * Keep an eye on the clock | ||
=== Post === | === Post === | ||
* Put all the resources back where you found them | * Put all the resources back where you found them | ||
| − | * Turn off the projector | + | * Turn off the projector/screen |
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== Presentation Technologies == | == Presentation Technologies == | ||
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** Use the educational license for more features | ** Use the educational license for more features | ||
* [http://www.sliderocket.com/ SlideRocket] | * [http://www.sliderocket.com/ SlideRocket] | ||
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=== Video Capturing === | === Video Capturing === | ||
| + | {{Admon/caution|Do Not Post Private Videos Publicly|If a screencast contains any confidential (NDA) material, do ''not'' post it on YouTube or other publicly-accessible services.}} | ||
| + | * Gnome | ||
| + | ** Press Ctrl-Alt-Shift and R to start/stop recording - note the red dot icon in the status area | ||
| + | ** Duration is limited | ||
| + | ** Videos end up in <code>~/Videos</code> in webm format (use a browser to present, or use Handbrake or another tool to transform the format if absolutely necessary) | ||
* Quicktime | * Quicktime | ||
** Using its screen capture ability | ** Using its screen capture ability | ||
Latest revision as of 11:45, 13 February 2019
Contents
Setup
- Make your presentation offline by downloading all your resources
- Using local links to your content
- Don't count on the network working - regardless of the venue!
- Live demo bugs (after all its not a live demo without them)
- Ensure that you have the appropriate presentation adapters for your laptop
Day Before
- Familiarize yourself with the projector/screen
- If you can't find your device on the inputs, ask for help
- See if the connection to your device works
- Do a dry run
- Charge your batteries
Presenting
Pre
- Lay down the video cable you're using
- Appropriately place the podium if you require it
- Open your presentation and test the video
- Ensure that you have adequate battery charge and/or you're properly plugged in
- Make sure you have a "Plan B" and a "Plan C" - e.g., a backup laptop, paper notes from which to speak, or a whiteboard version of your presentation
During
- Speak clearly and loudly
- Do Not Put Your Hands In Your Pockets
- Grip the podium, animate your examples, put your hands behind your back
- Face the audience, you should know what is on your slides
- Use "presenter mode" or mirroring on your laptop
- Engage the audience
- Questions, eye contact, and anecdotes help with this
- Open the floor for questions or criticisms if appropriate
- Keep an eye on the clock
Post
- Put all the resources back where you found them
- Turn off the projector/screen
Presentation Technologies
Online Tools
- Google Docs
- Collaborative editing
- Sozi
- Open source
- Slide Deck
- Hackable
- Reveal.js
- Hackable
- Prezi
- Use the educational license for more features
- SlideRocket
Video Capturing
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Do Not Post Private Videos Publicly
If a screencast contains any confidential (NDA) material, do not post it on YouTube or other publicly-accessible services.
If a screencast contains any confidential (NDA) material, do not post it on YouTube or other publicly-accessible services.
- Gnome
- Press Ctrl-Alt-Shift and R to start/stop recording - note the red dot icon in the status area
- Duration is limited
- Videos end up in
~/Videosin webm format (use a browser to present, or use Handbrake or another tool to transform the format if absolutely necessary)
- Quicktime
- Using its screen capture ability
